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DNA Unit Flashcards

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1
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DNA

A

The molecule of Heredity

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2
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DNA has ___ nucleotides in each

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3 billion

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3
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DNA stands for?

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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4
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Deoxyribonucleicacid

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A sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogen Base

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5
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Double Helix

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Shape of the DNA looks like a twisted ladder

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Founder of DNA

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James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins

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7
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4 nitrogen bases

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Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine

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8
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What compliments Adenine

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Thymine

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What compliments Guanine

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Cytosine

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What compliments Cytosine

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Guanine

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What compliments Adenine

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Thymine

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12
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Adenine and Guanine are

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Purines

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13
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Cytosine and Thymine are

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Pyrimidines

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14
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Replication of DNA

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DNA unzips into basic pairs

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15
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Nucleic acid

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A ploymer of nucleotides that transports genetic information

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16
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Sugar Phosphate Backbone

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Description of the outside part of a strand of DNA

17
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Adenine how many rings

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2

18
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Guanine how many rings

A

2 rings

19
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Thymine how many rings

A

1

20
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Cytosine how many rings

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1

21
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How many rings are in a A&T pair

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3

22
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How many rings are in a G&C pair

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3

23
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Sides of a double helix is made of

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Sugar and phosphate groups

24
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Whats holds bases together (A&T AND G&C)

A

Hydrogen bonds

25
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Phosphate, sugar and Base nitrogen is

A

Nucleotide

26
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Components of a Nucleotide

A

Phosphate at the head, the shell is deoxyribose and the tail is the nitrogenbase.

27
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GATCGGTTAACCG

A

CTAGCCAATTGGCC

28
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What is the back bone of a suagr phosphate?

A

Sugar Phosphate

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